Exercise 2.h 1-22-09

John Richardson

English 1106

Dan Lawson

Friday January 23, 2009

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1. After reading Bryan West’s analysis, it was clear to see that his rhetorical situation is his essay is about the close democratic race that was going on at the time, and its candidates. He states that Hilary is not the one for America for many reasons that are explained using pathos egos, and logos. His purpose is to outline the previous actions of the Clinton administration, and explain how if another Clinton is in office, the same things would happen. His audience is all people who follow politics, including Republicans, and Democrats. I know because he shows how both parties would react and feel to accusations, and actions of the Clintons.

2. In the text, there are many genre conventions. The genre of his essay is informative, and persuasive. He outlines all of the issues that the first Clinton administration had endured, and he persuades people that Hilary Clinton is not the right choice for the democrats. I have written like this in high school, and I wrote a paper in English 1105 about the effects of Overconsumption. I have read many newspaper articles in this genre, and I have also read many journal articles about it as well. The most familiar convention to me is persuasive because it is something I have wrote about it for a while, and the least familiar to me is informative rhetoric, because I have not done much with that.

3. Another genre the author could have used is fiction. He could have made up facts about the Clintons that are false. People who are against the Clintons would have responded in the same way because like Bryan said, opinions are not likely to change so people would have generally received this in the same way. The advantages are that he can sway people to go against the Clintons, but disadvantages are that people may know that the given information is false, and go against it.

4. Bryan could use a genre that’s all political facts to appeal to a certain set of people as well. He could propose this to other politicians who understand some of the political aspects of the Clintons, and maybe turn her supporters against her. To adapt, Bryan would have to change the way he words things, and he would have to add more facts to his essay.

5. Using the same conventions, a teacher may write to the school board about changing a budget. A social worker may write to the mayor about unfit working conditions. A scientist may write to a lab about how new equipment is needed. All of these topics can use the same terminology that Bryan West used in his essay.